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EKTO VR Featured in Carnegie Mellon Commercial
at the Tony Awards
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Carnegie Mellon University and Swartz Center 2020 VentureBridge startup EKTO VR, virtual reality robotics boots startup founded by alumnus Brad Factor, was featured in a CMU commercial during the recent Tony Awards. Part of the commercial was filmed at the CMU Swartz Center.
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Green Gruntz Growery: Empowering Veterans through Alternative Therapies
CMU Tepper School of Business student and disabled veteran Jeffrey DeMareo has procured Class 1 Cultivation and Class 2 Manufacturing licensing from the state of New Jersey to operate his adult, personal-use cannabis company, Green Gruntz Growery. Jeffrey plans to partner with the Balanced Veteran Network (BNV), which provides education and services to help empower veterans to use alternative therapies to combat suicide, PTSD, anxiety, depression and chronic pain.
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CMU Alumnus Kevin Dowling to Lead Innovation Works' Robotics Factory
Innovation Works has announced the appointment of Kevin Dowling as interim lead of the Robotics Factory. Dowling, a tech leader who was involved with three IW companies and a founding member and board chair of the Pittsburgh Robotics Network, brings with him an impressive repertoire of experience and leadership to helm the Robotics Factory program.
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Five Carnegie Mellon University Startups Selected to 2023 Cleantech Open Northeast Cohort
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Cleantech Open Northeast (CTONE), the northeast region of the nation’s largest cleantech startup accelerator, has welcomed 47 startups from across the northeast and around the globe into its 2023 cohort. This year’s cohort, which includes five startups from Carnegie Mellon University, are diverse, and extremely driven to commercialize high-impact solutions to improve the environment and combat climate change. The CMU startups in the cohort are:
InceptEV
Cofounders: Venkat Viswanathan and Matthew Gutenberg, Ph.D.,
IonWorks
Valentin Sulzer, co-founder and CEO
Peoples Energy Analytics
Cofounders: Destenie Nock, CEO and Shuchen Cong, CTO
Silisium Tech
Cofounders: Randy Eager, CEO and Dr. Erik Ydstie, CTO
Power3D
(Energy, distribution and storage)
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| CMU Celebrates Juneteenth Freedom Day
Join Carnegie Mellon University for the Juneteenth Keynote Lecture with best selling author Wil Haygood,
on Friday, June 16, 2023 at the Tepper School of Business, Simmons Auditorum B, first floor
at 12-1:30 PM.
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CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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| See the full Spring 2023 schedule here.
Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
The CONNECTS seminars have ended for the Spring semester and will resume at the start of the Fall semester in September.
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The mission of 99 Tartans is to partner with the highest potential, early-stage CMU alumni companies and accelerate their success through access to capital and networks. Find out more.
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CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
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The CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship group connects the CMU community, alumni and students, to build an entrepreneurial culture and provide resources to help the community succeed. There are multiple region-based chapters within the group. Find out more and join the CMU T&E blog,
the CMU Tech Entrepreneur!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| Pwc and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding in person office hours at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
Walk-ins accepted. Registration NOT required!
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| Trust & Consulting Solutions
When: Weekly on Wednesdays
12-5 PM | ET
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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
Sign up for weekly office hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble (P&G) serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks® and Whisper®.
The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries with thirteen research and development centers worldwide. Since 1837, P&G’s success is rooted in research and development and strong external partnerships with academia, entrepreneurs and start-ups. P&G would like to continue this legacy by partnering with you to bring your ideas to life. Find out more here.
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HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER
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Swartz Center Education and Resources
No matter what phase of the entrepreneurship cycle you're in, there are programs and resources at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship that will take your idea to the next level. Find out more.
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Project Olympus Incubator Program
Want more help with finding product/market fit, developing your business model, making connections and attracting funding? Project Olympus will team you up with a business coach to develop a personalized ‘roadmap. Find out more.
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COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES
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Have an idea you want to explore? Don’t have the time or resources to fully examine it, but think it could be transformative for your company? The Corporate Startup Lab (CSL), a Swartz Center initiative, allows you to join a cohort of peer companies and work with Carnegie Mellon University graduate students to investigate what’s possible over the course of a semester.
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FIND OUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
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Have startup news or opportunities to share? Have questions about the Swartz Center Weekly Bulletin? Send news, opportunities or questions to Sonya Ford, Program Manager.
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Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center For Entrepreneurship
5000 Forbes Avenue | Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 |
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